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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says the possible handover of Ukrainian citizens convicted in Russia is currently on the agenda, though he gave no particular names, according to Russian news agency TASS. ”This issue has been repeatedly discussed during the contacts of working groups, it was mentioned by the Ukrainian side at the Berlin meeting of...

Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 51 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size They used banned 122mm artillery systems and mortars to shell the town of Maryinka and Krasnohorivka, and the villages of...

Hryvnia quotations against the dollar on the interbank currency market on Monday fell to UAH 26.16/26.21 to the dollar by the middle of trade, a broker at a commercial bank has told an UNIAN correspondent. Hryvnia quotes against the euro have settled at UAH 27.7139/27.8557, while those against the Russian ruble have settled at UAH 0.4061/0.4071....

China expressed ”serious concern” on Monday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said the United States did not necessarily have to stick to its long-held stance that Taiwan is part of ”one China”, calling it the basis for relations, according to Reuters. Trump`s comments on ”Fox News Sunday”, questioning nearly four decades of U.S. policy,...

Standard & Poors Global ratings forecasts that Ukraine`s economy may grow by 1% by the end of the current year amid 14% inflation and the average annual forex rate set at UAH 25.6 per U.S. dollar. The rating agency projects that Ukraine`s macroeconomic situation will improve, and its economic growth will be between 2.3-2.9% by 2019 while...

The UN Security Council has passed a statement condemning recent terrorists attack on the Turkish city of Istanbul that killed dozens of people and injured many more, according to Ukraine`s Mission to the United Nations. ”Ukraine has initiated a statement by the UN Security Council because of terrorist attacks on Istanbul,” the mission tweeted on...

Rescuers plucked 1,164 people from rubber and wooden boats in the Mediterranean under heavy thunderstorms on Sunday and recovered six dead bodies during the operations, relief services said, according to Reuters. Italian coastguard and naval ships, a vessel from the European Union`s anti-smuggling mission and private aid groups rescued the people...

A high-speed Intercity+ train will be launched between Kyiv, Lviv and Poland`s Przemysl from December 23, 2016, according to Ukraine`s Ukrzaliznytsia CEO. ”I confirm that in two weeks, starting from December 23, we`re planning to launch a high-speed Intercity+ train on the Kyiv-Lviv-Przemysl route. It will run daily the year around. The train...

President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite is visiting Ukraine on December 12, 2016, to take part in the 9th session of the Council of Presidents of Ukraine and Lithuania, according to the Ukrainian president`s press service. The two leaders will separately hold bilateral negotiations, as well as a Presidents Council meeting in an expanded format....

The Syrian military has taken a major district in the besieged city of Aleppo but has also retreated from historic Palmyra as extremist Islamic State (IS) fighters have retaken the ancient city, according to Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Syrian forces had seized the southwestern Sheikh Said...